Rare species in European zoos

Well, several matings have been observed in Randers, and we may have another little manatee calf svimming around there within three months :cool:

By the way, i'm going to see the little manatee next sunday. I will take lots of photos and post them on my website then :D
 
Frankfurt actually has quite a bunch of kiwis; however, they're not kept at the zoo, but at an outside facility. The young male at the zoo is one funny fellow; even let me pet him "hinter den Kulissen"...;)

I'd like to hear more about that mysterious French Kagu-and Uakari-owner if that's possible.
And about ratels: has anyone mentioned the Prague and Israel specimens yet?
 
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The last of their kind in zoos (or outside their native range):

The Grey-necked Rockfowl female at Frankfurt Zoo.
The Northern White Rhinos at Dvur Kralove
the two Baikal seals at Leipzig Zoo
the Colobus angolensis ruwenzori at Erfurt Zoo
Other rare species:
the Nilghiri langurs at Erfurt Zoo
the Crab-eating Raccoon at Usti
the Steller Sea Lions at Antibes and Harderwijk(not to forget their walrus)
the Northern Viscachas at Halle and Hamerton
the Utila iguana at Frankfurt and Poznan

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Additions to that list are the three ringed seals (Phoca hispida hispida/botnica) at Burgers Zoo in Arnhem.
 
ISIS lists 47 Utila Spiny-tailed Iguanas in Europe, they've recently bred at London and Whipsnade.
 
And much more can be added...
Amongst all the parks I visited, here are some rarities I spotted out...

Jardin des Plantes (Paris zoo) :

-the very last four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis) held in any zoo outside India
-a pair of musk deers (Moschus moschiferus)
-the very last grey cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena johnstoni) held in captivity
-two females kagus (Rhynochetos jubatus)
-Rio-Bamba's marsupial frog (Gastrotheca riobambae)
-Clipperton's crabs (Gecarcinus planatus)
-Haitian boa (Epicrates striatus)
-Black rumped agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha)

Safari de Thoiry

-Cape giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis girafa)

Zooparc de Beauval

-Lowe's guenon (Cercopithecus campbelli lowei)
-Goodfellow's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)
-Harlequin lory (Eos histrio)
-Fire-rumped shama (Copsychus pyrrhopygus)
-Moustached guenon (Cercopithecus cephus)
-Philippine's cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)
-New Guinea mountain pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii)
-Emerald broadbill (Calyptomena viridis)
-Crested eagle (Lophoaetus occipitalis)
-Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
-Black-billed tauraco (Tauraco shuetti)
-Grey go-away bird (Crinifer piscator)

Zoo de Vincennes (Paris Zoo)

-Crowned sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi coronatus)

Zoo d'Amnéville

-Black monitor (Varanus beccarii)
-Red-eyed skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)
-Blue-tailed monitor (Varanus doreanus)

Mulhouse Zoo

-Black saki (Chiropotes satanas)
-Pied tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
-Mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz)
-White-collared lemur (Eulemur fulvus albocollaris)
-Southern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys siki)
-Mauritius pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)
-the very last red-bellied guenon (Cercopithecus erythrogaster) hold in zoo
-Courtois' laughing-thrush (Garrulax courtoisi)
-Cape parrot (Poicephalus robustus robustus)

Parc de Courzieu

-Mountain hawk (Buteo hemiliasus)

Zoo de Saint Martin la PLaine

-Orange-nosed guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius whitesidei)
-Common white-nosed guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius ascanius)
-Copperhead ratsnake (Elaphe moellendorffi)
-Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

Zoo de La palmyre

-Rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax hydrocorax)
-Sudanese cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii)
-Kuhl's marmooset (Callithrix kuhlii)

Parc de Clères

-Imperial pheasant (Lophura imperialis)
-Crestless fireback pheasant (Lophura erythrophtalma)
-Salvadori's pheasant (Lophura inornata inornata)
-San Blas jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus)
-Greater brasilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis ipercutiri)
-Mrs Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae humiae)
-Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
-Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
-Northern green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor robustipes)
-Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
-Red-billed dove (Columba flavirostris)
-Pheasant dove (Macropygia unchall)
-Grey-crested bulbul (Pycnonotus eutilotus)

Pont-Scorff Zoo

-Malayan spotted civet (Viverra tangalunga)
-Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstonii)

Alligator bay

-Rainbow monitor (Varanus yuwonoi)

That's it concerning France. I'll put you more concerning european zoos soon!
 
@bongorob: Well, ISIS lists a lot-even animals that have been dead for quite a while...;)
@Pedro: At least some of the species You mentioned (like the musk deer or the Pheasant-dove) are also kept in at least one or two other European zoos; nevertheless, quite an interestin list which encourages me to visit France once again. Have You ever visited that "Mountan village" with all the sheep breeds?
 
No, not yet...
I still have lots of french zoos to see... especially Doué la Fontaine.

Here's the belgian part of my seen list of rarities :

Serpentarium Blankenberge

-Northern death adder (Acantophis praelongus)
-Cuban iguana (Cyclura nubila)

Antwerp Zoo

-See otter (Enhydra lutris)
-Gentoo pinguin (Pygoscelis papua)
-Grauer's gorilla (Gorilla beringeri graueri) one female
-Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringeri beringeri) : there's strong chances that the other female is a mountain gorilla
-Golden bellied water-rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
-Grey hawk (Buteo nitidus)
-Turcmenian eagle-owl (Bubo turcomanus)
-Verreaux's eagle-owl (Bubo lacteus)
-Striated owl (Rhinoptynx calamator)
-Chacoan chalachala (Ortalis canicollis)
-Red-knobbed curassow (Crax globulosa)
-Giant blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
-White-headed turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)
-White woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus)

I'll give you the other countries I've been soon.
 
Pedro said:
-Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringeri beringeri) : there's strong chances that the other female is a mountain gorilla
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Why can't they do a (harmless) DNA test on her blood or hair or something to establish once and for all which race/species she belongs too? She's been there an awfully long time now for them still not to know for sure....
 
Let's go to Netherlands now...

Papegaaienopvang Veldhoven :

-Mindanao wrinkled hornbill (Aceros leucocephalus)
-White-headed hornbill (Aceros comatus)
-Piping hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator sharpii)
-Blue-backed parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus)
-Blue-eyed cockatoo (Cacatua ophtalmica)
-Baudinus cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudini)
-Abott's sulphur crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea abotti)
-Yellow-faced amazon (Amazona xanthops)
-Roatan amazon (Amazona auropalliata caribae)
-Yellow-cheeked amazon (Amazona ochrocephala xantholaema)
-Ferrugineous conure (Enicognathus ferrugineus)
-Peruvian little owl (Glaucidium peruanum)
-Bennett's cassowary (Casuarius bennetti hecki)
-Salvin's razor billed curassow (Mitu salvini)
-Black curassow (Crax alector)
-Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor)
-Wattled umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)
-Bare-necked fruit-crow (Gymnoderus foetidus)
-Purple-necked fruit-crow (Querula purpurata)
-Choco toucan (Ramphastos brevis)
-Curl-crested aracari (Pteroglossus beauharnaesii)
-Peruvian coc-k of the rocks (Rupicola peruviana)
-Golden-headed quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps)
-Bare-necked bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)
-Moustached laughing-thrush (Garrulax cineraceus)
-Seven-coloured tanager (Tangara fastuosa)
-Opal-rumped tanager (Tangara velia)
-Orange-throated sunbird (Nectarinia calcostetha)

Burger's zoo en Safari

-White-bearded gnu (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus)
-Lyle's flying fox (Pteropus lylei)
-San Joaquin fox (Vulpes velox)
-Merriam's kangaroo-rat (Dipodomys merriami)
-Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
-Scaled quail (Callipepla squamata)
-Bar-backed partridge (Arborophila bruneopectus)
-Thick-billed conure (Rhynchopsitta pararhyncha)
-Sparkling violet-ear (Colibri coruscans)
-Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)

Artis zoo (Amsterdam)

-Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
-Wattled brush-turkey (Aepypodius arfakianus)
-Malayan gharial (Tomistoma schlegheli)
-Shorttail nurseshark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum)

Dolfinarium Harderwijk

-Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
-Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)
-Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Noorderdierenpark Emmen

-Canadian moose (Alces alces americanus)
-African gharial (Crocodylus cataphractus)

Dieregaarde Blijdorp (Rotterdam)

-Sishuan takin (Budorcas taxicolor tibetana)
-Finnish reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus)
-Chinese tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus michianus)
-Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons negrinus)
-Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
-Germain's peacock pheasant (Polyplectron germaini)
-Green europendola (Psarocolius viridis)
-Common guillemot (Uria aalge)
-Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
-Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone nigra)
-Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui)
-Smith's turtle (Kachuga smithii)
-Laced monitor (Varanus varius)
-Honduras spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura melanosterna)
-Roatan spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura oedorhina)
-Fidji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
-Sargassum triggerfish (Xanthichthys ringens)
-Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
 
Czech Republic now...

Prague Zoo

-Manitoba deer (Cervus canadensis manitobensis)
-Ratel (Mellivora capensis)
-African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus)
-White ibis (Eudocimus albus)
-Reinwardt's megapode (Megapodius reinwardtii)
-Caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
-Cuban iguana (Cyclura nubila)
-White-throated anole (Anolis luteogularis)
-Egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis medici)

Plzen zoo

-Angolean colobus (Colobus angolensis palliatus)
-Garnett's bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii)
-Red-footed hyrax (Procavia capensis ruficeps)
-Barbarian squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
-Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus)
-Abyssinian coton rat (Arvicanthis abyssinicus)
-Madagascar hognose snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)

Liberec Zoo

-East-caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis)
-Golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi)

Safaripark Dvur kralove

-Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)
-Rufous necked gazelle (Gazella dama ruficollis)
-Mannless zebra (Equus quagga "borensis")
-Mountain paca (Agouti taczanowski)
-Brown hyena (Parahyaenea brunnea)
-Brown hornbill (Tockus nasutus)
-Crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
-Blanford's quail (Turnix tanki blanfordi)
 
taking a look at isis can it be true Europe is down to one female bontebok in Lisbon? Also while we are at it what is happening to aye aye breeding in Europe, Jersey and Bristol have done quite well in the past but when was the last aye aye born in Europe and they seem to be doing well at Duke and Tokyo.
 
Last week Leipzig Zoo received a young male Pangolin from Taipeh Zoo. It's kept in quarantaine behind the scenes atm but an exhibit is allready for it...
 
jwer said:
Last week Leipzig Zoo received a young male Pangolin from Taipeh Zoo. It's kept in quarantaine behind the scenes atm but an exhibit is allready for it...
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Cool! Leipzig, here i come! ;)
 
I am not so exited because I am far from convinced that the zoo will be able to keep this animal alive and healthy - so far nearly all zoos in the USA or Europe who tried to keep pangolins lost them after relatively soon. I thought the times in which zoos bought rare animals regardless if they could keep them alive were long over....
 
Bristol zoo are showing on isis a male aye aye born as from the last update.
 
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